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See also: régicide
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: rĕj'ə-sīd, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛd͡ʒəsaɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)
Noun
[edit]regicide (plural regicides)
- The killing of a king.
- Hyponym: tyrannicide
- Coordinate term: reginicide
Translations
[edit]the killing of a king
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Etymology 2
[edit]Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicida (“king-killer”).
Noun
[edit]regicide (plural regicides)
- One who kills a king. [from 1540s]
- Synonym: kingslayer
- Hyponym: tyrannicide
- 2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)[1]:
- The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]one who kills a king
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Further reading
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “regicide”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]regicide f
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